It started as a joke.
Brandon Bird was just kidding when he tweeted his idea to paint Shia LaBeouf as The Doctor from Doctor Who, but the artist’s Twitter followers demanded it. Bird tells Mashable that painting LaBeouf as the 13 different actors who have played The Doctor was an experiment with mashups. Oddly enough, the artist and LaBeouf were once neighbors. Though he does feel a special attachment to the actor, he says it wasn’t an inspiration for the project. You can check out Bird’s eclectic pop culture art on his website or look out for more insincere pitches-turned-projects on his Twitter.
